Living in the dessert is not easy, by 11 am temperatures are already a scorching 40 degrees celsius and by that time, most prey are hiding from the sun. Can this roadrunner find something to eat before it's too late?
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the Great American deserts cover over two and a half million square kilometers here roasted by the Sun and blasted by the wind the Rocks disintegrate and mountains particle by particle are reduced to sand these pillars are all that remain of a plateau where dinosaurs once roamed few animals can now survive here [Music] in summer as in all deserts the enemy is heat and it returns every day [Music] at seven in the morning the temperature is already 25 degrees Celsius clock is tick for one unusual
descendant of the dinosaurs [Music] a Road Runner found only in the deserts of North America built for a life on the ground he can run at over 30 kilometers an hour but the prey he seeks are one step ahead [Music] the road runners challenge is picking the right target [Music] [Music] a gila monster too big [Music] by mid-morning it will be 40 degrees Celsius [Music] even the smallest lizards will soon head for cover [Music] a centipede slim pickings for the morning's work hunting should get easi
er and prey will stay out longer once the Summer's Peak begins to fade foreign [Music]
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Props to BBC for not only having the greatest narrator but apparently also the most talented nature filmmakers. The quality is unbelievable.
Hard to imagine learning about nature without David’s iconic voice
I can't tell you how disappointed I was as a kid when I found out roadrunners weren't blue, 6 feet tall, or fast enough to lift up the pavement when they ran.
One time, as a spoof, they should film the photographers getting these fantastic shots. David can narrate that too. They deserve recognition for the hard work they do.
Video: Shows a road runner hunting My brain: meep meep
Roadrunners are your friend if like me, you live in the Sonoran desert. They hunt and eat rattlesnakes and wood scorpions. They patrol side and front yards in many portions of the plentiful HOAs near Phoenix. They're a shy bird that needs to be admired from a distance.
so cool there's still little dinosaurs roaming around
I grew up in Texas and roadrunners were a fairly common site but always a treat to watch. They can fly but strongly prefer to run, and they are good at it. Birds are, as he said, descendants of dinosaurs, but certain species make it easy to imagine those dinosaurian ancestors moving about their living world before the end-Cretaceous extinction. Cassowaries, with their size and killing claws, and roadrunners, with their effortless running pace, alert search for prey, graceful leaps, and that long, balancing tail.
The Roadrunner is such an amazing animal it's a true force of nature.
In a park across the river from Ozark Arkansas I watched a mother teaching her two young to hunt. She took one while the other stayed with dad in taller grass, watching. Mom caught a grasshopper and crushed it enough to make it easy to catch but still moving. Then they switched over to the other baby and repeat. Never witness anything like that.
Oh wow that 4 minutes and 20 seconds breezed by so fast. I was so entertained by the legend David Attenborough. I need at least an hour segment of this.
The Roadrunner is a fascinating bird known for its incredible speed and agility. Watching it race against time is truly mesmerizing, and it serves as a reminder of the beauty and grace of the natural world.
RoadRunners are mesmerizinglly spectacular Birds !!! Hope one day BBC Will make a full series or special about them !!
I live in SE Oklahoma, not the Desert, and we have Roadrunners. Love them :)
Imagine if Sir David Attenborough narrated the Looney Tunes Roadrunner cartoons. 😁❤️
I always enjoyed your commentaries, and this video is a perfect example of your greatness.
Anybody notice how David Attenborough, the music and the environment make this seem like a game of hide and seek or a road trip when it’s actually a evolved velociraptor fighting for survival?
Not only in deserts. Texas hill country, around DFW. We used to see them all the time.
I've seen my fair share of Roadrunners here in Southern Texas. It's not a common site as they're so fast and hard to spot but always a privilege watching these beautiful birds run and forage for their food. 😊
Poetic narration, talented film producers 👌 top notch production and thank you BBC